BATTLE OF THE BORDER: DAY 2 REPORT

BATTLE OF THE BORDER: DAY 2 REPORT

November 11, 2008, 6:52 am
Filed under: vssystem | Tags: battle of the border, bring your own team, tournament report, vssystem

Hey everyone and welcome back to the blues effect. Today I will continue my report of day 2 of the battle of the borders’ event.

Day 2

After some awesome casual modern age fun and a good night sleep we all woke up to a complimentary breakfast from the hotel. After all our stomachs were full we rushed off to the governor’s inn where the main event would take place. We arrived at the gov’s inn at about 10:30 am and entered the rental room were the tournament was going to be held. While many of us Vs players were waiting for others to arrive, quite a few players were setting up their “bring your own team” decks and with some casual trading on the side. During this time I was just walking around talking to as many people as I possibly could and taking pictures galore. At around 11:30 am the final group of Vs players from Rhode Island finally arrived. We were now able to commence the Battle of the Borders!

This event consisted of 8 Canadians and 14 Americans all ready to do battle in the name of their country and love for the Vs system game. The tournament was to be 7 rounds of swiss cut to the top 8. The way the winning side was to be determined was that after 7 rounds the averages of the Canadian players and the American players win records would separately be average out to determine the victor. I was on the American side considering I’m born and raised from New York City. At this event I played the team anti-matter via anti-green lantern rush and here is my list:

Characters – 26
12 Anti-Green Lantern
4 Chomin
4 Xallarap
3 Fiero
3 Felix Faust

Plot Twists – 30
4 Trial by Fire
4 Blinding Rage
4 Mega Blast
4 Cosmic Conflict
4 Big Leagues
2 Surprise Attack
4 Banished to the Anti-Matter Universe
3 Emerald Dawn
1 The Ring Has Chosen

Equipment – 4
4 Ring of the Sinestro Corps

Now on to the battle!!

Round 1

Agl

Vs

Avengers curve

This round I was paired off against a fellow American by the name steve(bossman)who also was part of the group that I travel with to the event. I won the die roll and picked the odd initiative.

Turn 1- I played surprise attack from my hand and missed a one drop (sadly it happens even in an army deck, but boy does It bit me in the butt later). Steve misses as well

50 me 45 Steve

Turn 2- Steve plays 2 drop iron fist<> dare devil imposter in the front row. I recruit a single anti-green lantern in the hidden. In combat Steve swings in direct and passes. I then send my solely agl into iron fist. In recovery my agl ko’s because of its effect.

47 me 41 Steve

Turn 3- I play another another surprise attack and recruit zallarap in the hidden revealing another zallarap to pay the recruit cost. I play banish to the anti-matter universe on iron fist moving him to the hidden area. Steve then recruits captain America in the hidden area with a successful rally giving iron fist and him self a +1/+1 counter. In combat I send Zallarap direct with the additional damage of blinding rage. Then steve send both iron fist and captain America direct for 8. In recovery my xallarap ko’s because of his effect.

39 me 23 Steve

Turn 4- steve plays mobilize searching out iron man<> mighty avenger and recruits him in the support row he then flips up Starks armory. In my recruit step I play a xallarap in the hidden revealing an anti- green lantern and then recruiting the same agl I shown steve.

At the start of the combat phase steve put a +1/+1 counter on Starks Armory. In combat Steve sends captain America, ironman and iron fist direct with 2 savage beatdowns. In return I send my xallarap with a power up into iron man for the one sided stun. Then I send my agl to attack direct with the help of big leagues. After combat I played emerald dawn koing my xallarap in search for felix faust. In recovery I lose my agl due to his effect.

14 me 8 Steve

Turn 5- I play chomin (ugh soo late to work) in the hidden and a felix faust in the visible. Steve recruits wonderman but In response to wonderman coming into play I play banish to the anti- matter universe on ironman to move him to the hidden. In combat I send my felix faust into wonderman for the mutual stun. I then trigger faust effect and move 3 anti-green lanterns from my ko pile to my front row in the hidden. I then swing in direct with everyone bring steve to -11. Steve thinks a bit and attacks with ironfist and captain ameica both with a power up direct for 10. He then activates starks armory for a +1+1 counter on ironman and send him to attack direct with the help of big leagues. This then bring my endurance to -12 to his -11. I just suffered a heart breaking lost by just one point. I told you missing a one drop was going to bit me. Lol.

-12 me -11 steve

0-1

Round 2

Agl

Vs

spiderfriends

It would seem that I would be playing agaist another one of my travel mates. It so happens I have to play cliff(captain comet) this round. I win the die roll and choose to take the odd initiative.

Turn 1- I play chomin in the hidden in the support row, cliff plays his own hidden character in the form of zabu in the front row. His character came in play exhausted since he didn’t have another spiderfriends character. I play surprise attack from my hand to burn cliff for 5 and I play megablast on chomin. I send chomin to attack direct

50 me 39 cliff

Turn 2- we both miss ( I prey this doesn’t become a trend with 16 1 drops in a deck) our drops completely this turn and we both go straight to combat. Cliff sends zabu in direct while I counter sending chomin direct with the added bonus of trial by fire.

47 me 33 cliff

Turn 3-I play surprise attack for the 5 burn and I recruit xallarap equipped with a “ring of the sinestro corps” in the hidden. Cliff respectively puts his own hidden character in the form of kazar right next to his trust companion zabu. In combat I send xallarap in direct with the help of big leagues for a total of 15 damage. This is followed by chomin going in direct. I then use chomin’s effect to stun xallarap for the double burn.

38 me 8 cliff

Turn 4- cliff brings out the expected spiderman-the sensational spiderman in the support row. I recruit felix faust in the support row.

In the combat phase cliff sends in zabu with the help of trouble with dinosaurs to stun felix faust. I choose not to use faust’s effect since I didn’t have any agls in the ko pile at this point. Cliff then sends spiderman, and kazar direct with a savage beatdown. After the attack concludes clift pays 7 of spiderman’s attack to exhaust my xallarap in the hidden. I just use chomins effect to stun xallarap for the double burn. In recovery I choose to keep felix faust.

14 me 4 cliff

Turn 5- I play a single agl in the hidden and I equip “ring of the sinestro corps” on chomin. Cliff recruits Michael Collins <> Deathlok and I immediately send that troublesome character into the hidden area with “banish to the anti-matter universe.” In combat I send felix faust into spiderman who pays 7 atk to exhaust my agl. He then powers up and plays nasty surprise to force the double stun. I then send in chomin with a power up direct along with a trial with fire. After my combat cliff sends his remaining characters direct which isn’t enough to win him game. after the game cliff gives me a look and jokingly shakes his head in disappointment. lol

-5 me – 9 cliff

1-1

Round 3

Agl

Vs

Moloids/doomed earth

This round im playing against Kevin who is one of the rhode island crew that made it out to the event. I lose the die row and Kevin chooses odds.( oo this game was soo bad for me .Watch my massacre begin)

Turn 1- kevin recruits a molid but in respond by playing surprise attack. I then recruit an agl in the hidden. Kevin attacks direct with a flying kick in the mix. I then send my agl into kevin’s moloid with a mega blast. At recovery I lose my agl due to its effect. (it goes all down from here)

44 me 37 kevin

Turn 2- I miss and Kevin plays moleman and exhaust him to bring in a molid from the ko pile into play (he used a location to look at his top card of his deck with the option of putting it in his ko pile. Which he did). He attacks me direct for 4.

40 me 37 kevin

Turn 3- Kevin plays mobilize searching for dr doom. He then recruits dr doom and searches for doomed earth and places it on top of his deck. Then he exhaust mole man to bring in another moloid. In combat everyone swings to face direct.

29 me 37 kevin

Turn 4 – (ugh I finaly get my first character) I play fiero in the visible. Kevin then plays doomed earth koing his 2 moloids and recruits mr fantastic bring them back into play. in combat I send fiero into mole man for the one sided stun. Now its kevins turn to murder me.lol. he sends a moloid with a savage beat down to stun my fiero. He then send every one direct with a barrage of pumps to end the game very early.

1-2

Round 4

Agl

Vs

Crime lords

Im paired against chris (gdaybloke) which sure to be a funny match. Gdaybloke sure knows how to make person laugh. Chris wins the die roll and choose the odd initiative.

Turn 1- I recruit chomin and chris misses. Chomin swings direct

50 me 48 chris

Turn 2- chris plays viper in the hidden and I play 2 agls in the hidden. He then sends viper into chomin for the one sided stun(this is where I realized I formated wrong.)I then send both my agl’s direct with trial by fire. At the start of recovery I use emerald dawn x2 koing both my agls to search for felix faust and xallarap.

46 me 37 chris

Turn 3- I recruit xallarap equipped with “ring of the sinestro corps” and chris recruits james barns in the hidden. Mega blast is played on chomin for the direct attack. I then send xallarap direct. Chris then sends james barns direct. At the start of recovery I use chomins effect on xallarap for the mutual burn.

38 me 13 chris

Turn 4- chris plays master man and I play felix faust and equip “ring of the sinestro corps on chomin”

In combat I send xallarap into mastermind which is countered by a reset. Master man gains a +1/+1 counter. I send xallarap again to dance with master man. Master man gains another +1/+1 counter and powers up but this time he goes down stuning xallarap in the process. Felix faust attacks direct and is followed by chomin using his effect on felix faust for the mutual burn. Chomin then swings in direct. Chris with his remanding chacacters attacks me directly but it isn’t enough to tie the game.

After the game we talk a bit with gdaybloke making me laugh surprises me with a picture colored drawn by captain spud as a reward for play against him.

spud

Right after gdaybloke jokingly pats me in the head for playing anti-green lanterns.lol. (It still hurts.lol)

2-2

Round 5-

Agl

Vs

Morlocks

This round im playing against local player who has played vs system in close to a year! Awesome to have you back man! Sadly, I some how miss placed the write up for this match up. so I’ll do the best I can. I win the die roll and choose the odd initiative.

Turn 1- I recruit chomin and he recruits artie evading to bring in tommy for free. I send in chomin for the double stun.

Turn 2- he plays tarbaby. And I play 2 agls. He swings in direct and then evades his two one drops and targets an agl for -1 atk. I then play “banish to the anti-matter universe” to move tarbaby into the hidden area. I swing in direct with both my characters with a cosmic conflict in the mix moving my agl with 3 atk into the visible. I then use chomins effect on my hidden agl for the mutual burn. In recovery Iose 1 agl.

Turn 3- I recruit a xallarap in the hidden showing a agl from my hand. He then recruits litterbug in the hidden and evades both his 1 drop characters targeting my xallarap for -1 atk. Swing in my guys direct for a huge amount.i then use chomins effect to stun xallarap for the mutual burn. My opponent then sends his 3 drop direct and attacks direct with tarbaby with a barrage of pumps making the game close in the endurance race

In recovery I lose an agl

Turn 4- he recruits hump in the visible and I play felix faust in the visible.

in combat he evades his 1 drops to make hump bigger and targets xallerap for the -1 atk. When faust stuns I opt to use his remove from play effect but it is responded by tarbaby evading to remove one of my agl’s from the ko pile. So 2 instead of 3 agl’s come into play. when its my combat I play “banish to the antimatter universe” to move hump to hidden. All my characters swing in direct for game.

3-2

Round 6

Agl

Vs

Secret society

This round I was against another one of my travel mates’ Benny(x-factor12). I won the die row and picked the odd initiative.

Turn 1- I play chomin and benny plays riddler in the hidden. In combat we both swing in direct.

49 me 48 Benny

Turn 2- I play a single agl and Benny plays Desaad in the hidden. He then plays straight to the grave for poison ivy which he then gets from his ko pile with the use of remote facility. In combat riddler and desaad both attack direct. I then send both chomin and an agl to attack direct with the added bonus of trial by fire and big leagues. This is then followed by me using chomin’s effect on my agl for the mutual burn.

46 me 31 Benny

Turn- at the start of turn Benny activates riddler on me netting a 4 cost card in my ko pile. (I guess I cant play 4 cost plot twist on turn 3..(sigh). In the recruit step play xallarap in the hidden area . Benny plays the expected poison ivy. At the start of the combat phase benny brings into play another riddler from the ko pile thanks to poison ivys’ effect. Benny then immediately activates the second riddler on himself hitting a 5 cost card in to his ko pile. In combat I send xallarap into poison ivy for the one sided stun. I then send chomin and the agl to attack direct with the addition of blinding rage and cosmic conflict (targeting my agl, which then moves it to the visible). Benny decides to pass his attack. At the start of the recovery I play emerald dawn to ko my agl to search for felix fuast. I then use chomin’s effect on xallarap for the mutual burn.

43 me 14 benny

Turn 4- at the start of the turn Benny activates both his riddlers targeting me for both times. With the activations he was able to net a 0 cost and a 1 cost card into my ko pile. He then recruits the secret society version of felix faust. I then recruit my own felix faust to stare his doppelganger down.

Benny then sends his felix faust to battle my felix faust. Benny powers up and plays magnificent meeting to avoid the double stun. I opt to use felix faust effect but benny responds with remove from continuity exhausting desaad koing my 4 drop. In my combat I play “banish to the anti-matter universe” on felix faust to leave poison ivy all alone to get beat on. I send my xallerap into poison ivy for the one sided stun. I then send chomin to attack direct with addition of 2 more blinding rages ( leaveing my hand empty) for the win.

4-2

Round 7

Agl

Vs

The ultimates

This would be the final round of the tournament before the cut to the top 8. It would so happen I would play against the deck I have been rooting for the entire event which was being piloted by Aaron mead (onyxweapon). I win the die roll and choose the odd initiative.

Turn 1- I play chomin in the support row and Aaron misses. I play mega blast on chomin and attack direct

50 me 44 Aaron

Turn 2- Aaron play clint barton in the hidden and I play two agl’s in the hidden as well. Aaron send clint barton to attack direct for 4. I then follow this by attacking direct with both my agls and chomin. At the start of the recovery I use chomin’s effect on an agl for the mutual burn. I loss one agl in wrap up of the recovery phase.

45 me 33 Aaron.

Turn 3- I recruit 3 anti-green lanterns in the hidden area. Aaron then states to me “oh your playing that version.” I reply “ no I miss my 3 drop. lol” Aaron then recruits a dead pool in the hidden along with the ultimates version of wasp which he activates for her burn effect.

In combat I send all my characters direct with the addition of big leagues, trial by fire and cosmic conflict (moving an agl in the visible) bringing Aaron to 3 endurance.(ouch). Aaron is now stumped in situation with his two remanding attackers of clint barton and deadpool. If he attacks and gets stun he would lose the game thanks to chomin’s effect which I have yet to use. If he doesn’t attack he loses his deadpool. Aaron had no choice but to send dead pool into my visible agl with the addition of “fighting dirty” with boost to discard his hand to avoid the stun back. At the start of recovery I use chomin’s effect on a hidden agl for the mutual burn. In the wrap up I lose every character except chomin and a single agl

33 me 2 aaron

Turn 4- Aaron activates the wasp to remove the top 5 cards of his deck from the game for some burn damage. He then plays liberation day in search of a visible 4 drop in the form of ultimate hank pym. In my recruit all I am able to muster is a single agl. I put everyone in the support row. This is when Aaron say,”ah you must have the mega blast.” In combat hank pyms effect triggers and it fails. So he send everyone direct and activates triskelion from his row to get a savage beatdown from his remove from game pile which he then uses. I then send both my agls to team attack hank pym. Aaron in an attempt to brick wall the attack flips up a second copy of fighting dirty from his row and opts to use the boost discarding his hand ( which he had no cards in any way). I counter with a mega blast for the win.

5-2

After the dust has settle from this awesome battle I found myself in 4^th place in the top 8 standings

and a proud owner of this awesome playmat.

After the standing were printed out it was time to average out all the players wins to determine which country took crown in the first battle of the border event. After calculations from both captain spud and taronox score was a complete tie all around.

It wasn’t just a tie in the standings (3.5 average in wins for both americans and canadians) but it was also a tie within the representation of the top 8 with 4 Americans and 4 Canadians. Given the time that was remaining for the rental area we all voted not to play out the top 8 so we could all play super crossover sealed! (this also gives us an excuse to set up another botb event to settle tie). We all played in the super crossover sealed tournament for 3 rounds and In the end I came in 7^th place.(yea me).

It was around 11:30 pm and it was finally time to go. The group of us went back to hotel while the locals and the rhode island crew went on their way home. But you would think that after hours and hours of tournament play at the gov’ inn everyone one would be tired, but think again. Immediately arriving the hotel we all crashed the hotel lounge for some more casual vs play and tradeing. By the time we were done it was already pushing 3 am. Wow does time fly when your having fun playing and laughing. We all then went to our respective rooms for a well deserved rest.

In the morning we said our good byes to everyone and wished everyone a safe trip on their journey home. Myself , cliff and the rest of the New York crew finally were on our way on 5 hour trip back home.

I would have to say that this event was the most fun I have ever had at a vs event. Of all the multistate pcqs, 10k’s and pcs tournaments that I have attended, the battle of the borders event tops them all. I walk away from this event happier that I made new friends that share the same enthusiasm as I have for the what I consider the best tcg around. There were no losers in this event,and we all walked away winners having fun playing a game that we all love. Major props go out to orange soda man, taronox, jet pact comics, and all the realmers who donated prize support to make this event a success. I just can’t wait for the next botb event to take place and if you missed this one make sure you make the next one. You won’t regret it!

Well that is all for this installment of the blues effect. Hoped you all enjoyed the report ( even though it seems kinda long)

Untill next time

Ralph Edwards aka Blues686

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